VOLUNTEER WITH WASATCH FRONT SCOUTING
Help Make the Adventure Possible
Every meeting, campout, award, service project, and new adventure is made possible by adults who share their time, knowledge, and encouragement.
You do not need previous Scouting experience, and you do not have to make a major time commitment to make a difference.
VOLUNTEER
Help Make the Adventure Possible
Every meeting, campout, award, service project, and adventure is made possible by adults who share their time, knowledge, and encouragement.
No previous Scouting experience is needed, and even a little time can make a difference.
Bring What You Know. Discover What You Can Do.
Wasatch Front Scouting is powered by people who believe young people deserve opportunities to explore, lead, and grow. Every volunteer has something valuable to offer. You might teach a skill, join an outdoor adventure, organize records, welcome a new family, help with an event, or become a trained program leader.
Volunteers grow, too. Scouting gives adults opportunities to learn new skills, strengthen their leadership, meet other families, enjoy the outdoors, and become more connected to their community.
How Would You Like to Help?
Choose an area that interests you. You can start with a single activity, contribute behind the scenes, or take on a regular leadership role.
Join campouts and help with transportation, meals, equipment, logistics, or supervision.
Encourage young people at meetings, reviews, activities, and recognition events.
Introduce Scouts to a hobby, career, outdoor skill, or practical life skill.
Pitch in with a campout, Pinewood Derby, service project, fundraiser, or celebration.
Keep records, communications, equipment, registration, and finances organized.
Take an ongoing role supporting Scouts and families throughout the year.
Camp With the Scouts
Many parents want to share the camping experience with their children. Adult volunteers help with transportation, meals, equipment, logistics, safety, and supervision while Scouts practice skills and lead their patrols.
Adults staying overnight with a Scouts BSA unit must be registered in an appropriate volunteer position and complete the required youth safety training. Merit badge counselor registration alone does not qualify an adult for overnight participation. Different rules may apply when a parent attends a Cub Scout overnight program with their own child.
Talk with a local leader first. We will help you choose the right role and complete the necessary steps.
Resources for Camping With Your Scout
Work Directly With Scouts
Help create a safe, encouraging place where young people learn by doing. Adults can support meetings, guide activities, help Scouts practice skills, participate in Boards of Review, welcome new members, and celebrate advancement.
You do not need to have all the answers. Patience, consistency, and a willingness to encourage young people are what matter most. In our troops and crew, adults provide guidance while giving youth leaders room to make decisions and learn from experience.
Resources for Working With Scouts
Share a Skill or Interest
Your career, hobby, or life experience could introduce a Scout to an interest that lasts for years. Adults can share outdoor skills, trades, science, technology, business, communication, art, fitness, emergency preparedness, and much more.
Merit badge counselors guide Scouts through specific subjects and help them complete the published requirements. Counselors complete an adult application, register for the role, complete the required youth safety training, and receive approval for the subjects they counsel.
Resources for Sharing Your Skills
Help With Activities and Events
Prefer a short-term project? Help with a Pinewood Derby, campout, service project, day camp, summer camp, Court of Honor, family gathering, fundraiser, or recruiting event.
You might set up an activity, coordinate food, drive participants, take photographs, staff a station, support a service project, or help clean up afterward. These opportunities let you make an immediate difference without accepting a year-round role.
Resources for Helping at Events
Support Behind the Scenes
A great deal of Scouting happens before and after each meeting. Volunteers keep families informed, records organized, equipment ready, and activities moving forward.
Flexible opportunities include communications, calendars, registration, advancement records, medical forms, finances, fundraising, equipment care, photography, website updates, and welcoming new families. Many of these jobs can be completed from home or on your own schedule.
Resources for Behind-the-Scenes Volunteers
Become a Program Leader
Program leaders work regularly with Scouts and families throughout the year. Roles include Cubmaster, assistant Cubmaster, den leader, Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, Venturing advisor, associate advisor, committee chair, and committee member.
You do not need previous Scouting experience. Scouting America provides role-specific training, and our experienced volunteers will help you get started. Together, adult leaders provide the structure, safety, and encouragement that allow young people to learn, lead, and thrive.
Resources for Program Leaders
Adults Support. Youth Lead.
In Troops 1444 and 3444 and Crew 2444, young people take an active role in planning, communicating, and leading. Adult volunteers provide training, safety, resources, and encouragement while allowing youth to make decisions, solve problems, and learn through experience.
Pack 4444 is more directly led by adult volunteers and families. Den leaders and other volunteers create age-appropriate activities that help younger Scouts learn, explore, and have fun.
You Do Not Have to Know Everything
Many of our volunteers begin with no Scouting experience. Training and support are available, and experienced leaders will help you understand your role. Some positions require registration, youth safety training, or additional role-specific training. We will help you determine what is needed and guide you through the process.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
That is completely fine. Tell us what you enjoy, how much time you have, and whether you would rather work with Scouts, join outdoor activities, or help behind the scenes. We will help you find a useful role that fits your interests and availability.